My experience as a Gazan girl getting into Silicon Valley companies

Re:My experience as a Gazan girl getting into Silicon Valley... by amasad on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @02:06PM (#26254136)

Our interview has almost zero traditional algorithms. And no, he’s not exaggerating. I’ve been interviewing people for a decade now and neither experience or pedigree is a good predictor of success.

Read the post if you haven’t because it touched on our process. And watch this video to learn more: https://youtu.be/kABh44IVWMo

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Re:My experience as a Gazan girl getting into Silicon Valley... by cheeze on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @03:16PM (#26255182)

College kids often just took an algorithms course. Experienced devs have to brush up on this stuff to jump through the hoops while also managing their day job and any other commitments.

I do a lot of hiring at a "big n" company and I'd agree with this

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Re:My experience as a Gazan girl getting into Silicon Valley... by masfrost on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @04:51PM (#26256534)

We don't really do an "Algorithms and Data structures" interview, our interview questions are modeled after real world problems we face(d).

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Re:My experience as a Gazan girl getting into Silicon Valley... by lawn on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @03:34PM (#26255447)

I'll wager doing well in interviews isn't a good predicator of success either.

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Re:My experience as a Gazan girl getting into Silicon Valley... by amasad on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @03:42PM (#26255565)

In our interview it is because it’s modeled after the real world as opposed to LARPing computer science.

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